Tues.’s Devo - God's Kingdom!

Read: 1 Chronicles 16:37-18:17; Romans 2:1-24; Psalm 10:16-18; Proverbs 19:8-9 As David arranged his leaders in worship he repeatedly highlighted Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun. These names mean, “let them give praise for the blood”. Hosah is mentioned with him whose name means “trusting”, and the priests stationed at the place of worship were the Zadoks which means “to justify”. These were to give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love that endures forever. They stayed with the ark to worship the Lord continually while the people returned home. David met with the prophet Nathan to tell him that he wanted to build a house for the Lord to put the ark. Nathan agreed to his plan till God spoke to Nathan and told him that he had never lived in a house made of hands nor had God ever asked anyone to build him a house. God was building David a house on the earth - a dynasty of kings that would rule for God on the earth. His son, Solomon would be the one to build God a house on the earth. He will be the king forever over God’s house and kingdom. David’s response shows us the humble heart of David. He completely bowed to God’s plan and thanked God for all he had done for him. He acknowledged that all he had become was because of God’s favor on him. He knew that he had nothing to do with his fame and fortune - it was all God. David then defeated the Philistines, the Moabites, the Syrians and the Armeans. Many other nations paid tribute to David and he put all the gifts into the treasury of the Lord. David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people. In Romans, we are reading what is about to happen right here in our nation. God is going to expose all the lies about the Corona virus and the false numbers and information. God is going to expose Hollywood and all the sex trafficking and Satanism going on there. God is going to expose the lies taught in education and the books used to teach our children propaganda. God is going to expose the lies in religion and the hypocrisy. God is going to expose the lies in politics and drain the swamp. In every area on every mountain of influence, God is going to judge it and bring it down. This is not the end but the beginning of his kingdom coming to earth. Do not let your heart be heavy! Lift up your heads and praise God because he is coming to bring his kingdom on earth! Lord, I pray for all the heavy hearts of your people. I pray for joy and peace to be a blanket over them. I pray for the army of God to arise with power and authority and great praise on their lips because this is our finest hour!